Swiss rail freight operator Schweizerzug will increase the number of train services between Switzerland and Belgium. Starting on 10 January 2019, the rail freight line between Frenkendorf (near Basel) and the Port of Antwerp will operate three times a week in both directions. Curerently it runs twice a week.

DB Cargo has announced to halt all operations of the ‘beer train’ in Denmark, until it has fully grasped what went wrong in the deadly accident on the Great Belt Bridge on Wednesday morning. The accident involved a freight train of the operator carrying beer boxes.

At least eight people were killed in a train accident on the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark. A passenger train was hit by tarpaulin or objects that fell from a passing freight train on Wednesday morning, just after 7:30am.

Testing has begun of the first of three Class 2062 diesel locomotives which were acquired from HŽ Cargo by National Railway Equipment Co and refurbished by TŽV Gredelj for lease to Rail Cargo Group’s local subsidiary Rail Cargo Carrier Croatia.

Bombardier has received an order for 47 Francilien train sets (334 cars) from Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) on behalf of the Greater Paris public transport authority, Île-de-France Mobilités.

The frequency of the Dutch rail shuttle between the port of Rotterdam and the Euroterminal in Coevorden has been increased to three times a week in both directions. The aim is to have the train run daily in the future. That is what the Port of Rotterdam Authority reports, citing a growing demand for the freight line.

Concrete Canvas geosynthetic cementitious composite matting has been installed on sections of track at the Rotterdam World Gateway site to prevent the growth of weeds which could obstruct the optical character recognition systems used to identify containers on passing freight trains

The Swiss government has announced to look for investors for SBB Cargo. It is planning to sell a minority stake in the freight arm of the state-owned railway company, it confirmed in a statement outlining its strategic goals for the next three years.